Kyo Maclear, UNEARTHING: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Zibby talks with Kyo Maclear about her deeply personal memoir, Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets. The narrative hinges on Maclear's surprising DNA test results, prompting a journey of family discovery and introspection. Beyond the personal anecdotes, her writing draws parallels with nature and Japanese cultural nuances. Kyo also shares insights into her writing process and stresses the importance of diverse inspirations for aspiring writers!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:06.7 | This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes. |
| 0:14.9 | I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir. |
| 0:21.9 | Our books are already out now. |
| 0:23.5 | You can check it out on ZippyBooks.com. |
| 0:25.6 | And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle |
| 0:31.2 | features. |
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| 0:33.1 | We have classes at Zippy Classes.com. |
| 0:35.4 | And I recently opened a bookstore in L.a called zibby's bookshop |
| 0:40.3 | at one one one three montana avenue at 11th street in san monica i hope that you are able to |
| 0:47.0 | enjoy some of our other offerings but this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in |
| 0:53.3 | 2018 and no matter what i do this is basically my of all of it and started in 2018. And no matter what I do, this is basically |
| 0:56.5 | my favorite thing. Enjoy. Kiyo McClure is the author of Unearthing, a story of tangled |
| 1:07.6 | love and family secrets. She was born in London, England, and moved to Toronto at the age of four. |
| 1:12.4 | Her most recent book, Birds, Art, Life was published in seven territories and became a Canadian |
| 1:17.0 | number one bestseller. |
| 1:18.2 | She received a PhD from York University in the Environmental Humanities. |
| 1:21.9 | Her short fiction, essays, and art criticism have been published in Orion Magazine, Asia-Artsific, |
| 1:27.0 | Lit Hub, Brick, the Millions, |
| 1:28.2 | The Guardian, Shampala, Sun, the Globe, and Mail Toronto, among other publications. She is also |
| 1:33.4 | a children's author, editor, and teacher. Welcome, Keio. Thank you so much for coming on moms |
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